Saddam execution to be carried out within 30 days
By Nicholas Brown,WNS Iraq Bureau Chief
BAGHDAD - The death sentence on Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants in his trial for crimes against humanity will be carried out within 30 days, appeals court judge Arif Shaheen said on Tuesday. "It cannot exceed 30 days. As from tomorrow the sentence could be carried out at any time," the judge said, after confirming that the sentences had been upheld and that the trial process was complete and without appeal. "The appeals court has issued its verdict. What we have decided today is compulsory," he said, explaining that Saddam's case had now passed to Iraq's executive arm which is legally bound to follow the verdict.
Officials from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government have previously said they will not hesitate to carry out the sentence. Saddam and six co-defendants were convicted on November 5 of crimes relating to the killing of 148 Shiites whose village, Dujail, was subjected to a collective punishment after a failed 1982 attempt on the dictator's life. Shaheen confirmed death sentences on Saddam, his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former revolutionary court judge Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, as well as long jail terms on three more defendants. He also said that Iraqi law stipulated that the sentences by carried out regardless of other legal proceedings ongoing, including Saddam's trial for genocide against the Kurdish population of northern Iraq.
Officials from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government have previously said they will not hesitate to carry out the sentence. Saddam and six co-defendants were convicted on November 5 of crimes relating to the killing of 148 Shiites whose village, Dujail, was subjected to a collective punishment after a failed 1982 attempt on the dictator's life. Shaheen confirmed death sentences on Saddam, his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former revolutionary court judge Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, as well as long jail terms on three more defendants. He also said that Iraqi law stipulated that the sentences by carried out regardless of other legal proceedings ongoing, including Saddam's trial for genocide against the Kurdish population of northern Iraq.
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